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Blauvelt State Park

Blauvelt State Park from directly overhead

Blauvelt State Park is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 98 m. Breakneck Mountain stands 384 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.07593, -73.93764

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • The Flux of Being: 0.9 mi
  • Approach: 0.9 mi
  • Leaping Sturgeon: 1.0 mi
  • Tappan Zee: 1.0 mi
  • Christopher Columbus: 2.2 mi
Gardens
Peaks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Philipsburg Manor: 3.9 mi
  • Headless Horseman Bridge Sign: 4.1 mi
  • Headless Horseman Statue: 4.1 mi
  • House Of Sports: 6.4 mi
  • Garden Remants: 7.9 mi
Museums
Cliffs
  • Raven's Rock: 6.5 mi
  • Palisades: 7.5 mi
  • The Palisades: 8.7 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 9.0 mi
  • Pulpit: 12.6 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 19
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 8.9 mi
  • Kakiat Park: 10.4 mi
  • Area B: 12.1 mi
  • Area C: 12.1 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 13.5 mi
  • The Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Great Falls: 16.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 18.1 mi
  • Larry Doby Service Area: 20.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 24.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Blauvelt State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Breakneck MountainNW 316°384 m12.0 mi
Jackie Jones MountainNW 326°383 m12.4 mi
Squirrel Swamp MountainNW 313°378 m11.3 mi
Ladentown MountainNW 318°378 m11.7 mi
Big HillNW 322°374 m12.2 mi
Cranberry MountainNW 317°366 m12.4 mi
Tuxedo RockNW 311°358 m12.3 mi
Raccoon Brook HillWNW 302°353 m12.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2419:5120:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441516170757467554537
Precip in3.93.34.44.34.34.64.54.44.64.43.94.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • wineberry68 obs
  • garlic mustard37 obs
  • Mallard32 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly32 obs
  • eastern poison ivy27 obs
  • Green Frog27 obs
  • Japanese knotweed26 obs
  • White-tailed Deer25 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/435243038

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